Germaine Chabot

Germaine Chabot was the niece of Admiral Philippe de Chabot. In 1535, she accompanied her uncle on his ambassadorial trip to England, during which time she had intercourse with Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk in a barn, and flirted with King Henry VIII. Suffolk's wife Catherine was saddened by her husband's affair, and Queen Anne Boleyn believed that Germaine was one of Henry's mistresses.